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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
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DVD REVIEW Columbo Season 10: Volume 1 - The godfather of cop shows returns, the cigar chomping tec in the mac is back nineties style. http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_dvd.php?id=5595LIVE REVIEWS: http://www.subba-cultcha.com/live.phpWriting On The Wall Festival (Billy Bragg / Attila the Stockbroker) @ The Picket, Liverpool - WoW Festival sees Mr Love and Justice and punk poets keep faith in Liverpool http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_live.php?id=5644Sing it Loud - Come Around - Blink 182 too edgy for you? These Vanilla pop-punksters come from Minneapolis - whatever. ALBUM REVIEWS Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca - Yale graduates produce a'cappella, experimental indie for your delectation. Think Vampire Weekend meets Buckley via Byrne. http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9713Dinosaur Jr. – Farm - Dinosaur Jr return from extinction; album number 9 from Mascis and Co. http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9714Sing it Loud - Come Around - Blink 182 too edgy for you? These Vanilla pop-punksters come from Minneapolis - whatever. http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9745
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Tuesday, June 16, 2009
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Doves @ Academy 1, Manchester - Musical royalty are out in force to see what it sounds like when Doves cry in Manchester http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_live.php?id=5640 Jeffrey Lewis & The Junkyard @ Barfly, Liverpool - New York Anti Folkster brings his low budget short films and comedic observations to LiverpoolDVD Review 30 Rock: Season 2 - Second series of award winning US sitcom rocks *DVD OF THE WEEK* Defiance - The Holocaust from another angle – the story of the ghosts of the woods http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_dvd.php?id=5565Passion Pit – Manners - Joyous summery electro intelli-pop from Massachusetts’ hot new things. Patrick Watson - Wooden Arms - Juno nominated artist mixes ethereal melodies and contorted folk and draws comparison to a Canadian Radiohead Scott Matthews - Elsewhere - Woverhampton’s Troubadour returns with sophomore album. Downbeat and drive time but still haunted by the ghost of Jeff Buckley. http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9567 V/A - Kitsune Maison Compilation 7 - Strike it lucky with a collection of summer tunes fit to grace Parisian walkways Crosby, Stills & Nash – Demos - Folk rock super group bring the spirit of laurel canyon back to lifeCass McCombs – Catacombs - The fourth instalment of shuffling poetry from the mysterious lo-fi nomad
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Friday, May 01, 2009
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LIVE Reviews Animal Collective @ O2 Academy, Liverpool - Panda Bear and his friendly animals rock Liverpool with their experimental noise http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_live.php?id=5607Leisure Society @ St Brides Church, Liverpool - A Burton band stretch their enormous wings in a Liverpool Church http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_live.php?id=5612ALBUM Review St Vincent – Actor - An animatronic technicolour ride from Polyphonic Spree songstress http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9438
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Friday, May 01, 2009
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DVD Review Petulia - San Francisco based psychedelic sixties film from the Director of Help http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_dvd.php?id=5544Album Review Men Without Pants – Rock electro funk: The Mooney Suzuki, The Yeah Yeah Yeahs & Sean Lennon lend a hand http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9404
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
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FEATURE The Bookhouse Boys - Subba talks to the exponents of Cowboy Noir about Twin Peaks, Pulp Fiction and Leonard Cohen http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article.feature.php?id=5938ALBUM Reviews Blue Roses - Blue Roses - Inspired by Bartok, Bush, Debussy and Du Maurier, recorded in living rooms, bedrooms and bathrooms.Ethereal loveliness from the North http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article.album.php?id=9318Bill Callahan - Sometimes I Wish We Were An Eagle - Smog man returns with a honky tonk record. Album of the year ruined. http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article.album.php?id=9320
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Wednesday, April 15, 2009
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DVD Reviews Kaleidoscope - A lightweight sixties rom-com and adventure tale for fans of James Bond http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article.dvd.php?id=5536LIVE Review Liam Frost @ Ruby lounge, Manchester - ‘Love is the only certainty and it’s here in front of you.’ Garvey’s successor gives us his springtime shakedown. http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article.live.php?id=5598ALBUM Reviews The Thermals - Now We Can See - Portland Post-Punksters discover a fourth chord. http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article.album.php?id=9354Jeniferever - Spring Tides - Like The Cure in a Snowstorm; Shoegazing soundscapes from Sweden’s answer to Sigor Ros. http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article.album.php?id=9358Golden Silvers - True Romance - Glasto winners do fluffy pop; great single, shame about the album http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article.album.php?id=9366Sons of Noel & Adrian - Sons of Noel & Adrian - Wild, ethereal sea shanties from alt-folk collective http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article.album.php?id=9368Sneaky Sound System - Sneaky Sound System - Sydney dance combo sound like Hazel Dean meets Ladyhawke. http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article.album.php?id=9382Lloyd Cole - Cleaning Out The Ashtrays - Are you ready to be heartbroken? Rarities, b-sides and covers from seminal eighties songwriter http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article.album.php?id=9384
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Sunday, March 29, 2009
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DVD REVIEW Columbo: Series 9 - 'Just one more thing?' - nineties revival of classic detective show
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_dvd.php?id=5526ALBUM REVIEWS
Siouxsie and the Banshees - Nocturne/Tinderbox/A Kiss In The Dreamhouse/Hyaena (extended remasters) - Now she’s in purple now she’s a turtle; four gothic classics get re-mastered.
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9292The Veils – Sungangs - A modern mix of prayers, love letters and record keeping from Nick Cave devotees
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9266King Of Spain - Battleships & Aeroplanes - These Castillian royals come from Balham and sound like the Libertines meets Half Man Half Biscuit
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9272Still Flyin - Never gonna touch the ground – San Francisco’s fifteen -piece super group jump onto the party bus. Like the Go! Team do Rock Steady.
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9278Joe Gideon and The Shark - Harum Scarum - Psychedelic blues rock like The Cramps jamming with Nick Cave and The Fall
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9281Lady of the Sunshine - Smoking Gun - Angus returns minus his sister with an album recorded in an old water tank
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9303Lau - Arc Light - Folk award winners make Celtic connections
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9283The Respectables - Sibley Gardens - American power poppers deliver dull Detroit rock
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9308
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Sunday, March 29, 2009
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FEATURES Leisure Society - Subba talks to The Leisure Society, Hemming with Hardy - a band from Burton reborn in a London bed. http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_feature.php?id=5917Of Time And The City Interview - Subba talks to its producer Roy Boulter about language, music, City of Culture and meeting Mickey Rourke
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_feature.php?id=5920
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Sunday, March 29, 2009
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FILM REVIEW
Defiance - Ghosts of the Woods - The story of the Bielski Partisans
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_dvd.php?id=5503ALBUM REVIEW
J J Cale - Roll On - Influential septuagenarian Tulsa sound bluesman shows the kids a thing or two
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9144
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Monday, March 16, 2009
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The Leisure Society - The Sleeper - A wistful little gem from a Burton band reborn in a London bed
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9174Radiohead - Pablo Honey/The Bends/Ok Computer (Collector’s Edition) - This is what you get when you mess with them.A re-released trilogy of classics from one of Britain’s most significant bands
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=91821990S – Kicks - Pollokshields power punk pop like The Ramones the Scream.Songs to fill the dance floor but not your heart
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9200Ike and Tina Turner - The Archive Series, Volume 5 - Pushin/Volume 6 - Rollin - Acid Queen and hubby with another compendium of American Rock and Soul
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9210
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Monday, March 02, 2009
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The Bird And The Bee – Subba chats about the birds and the bees with LA’s electro pop duo
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_feature.php?id=5891film
Milk - Never Blend In - Oscar nominated biopic of The Mayor of Castro Street
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_dvd.php?id=5491albums
Elvis Perkins - Elvis Perkins in Dearland - Bi-coastal and bi-polar alt-folkster produces an album for life not just for Christmas *ALBUM OF THE WEEK*
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9110Arbouretum - Song of the Pearl - Pearls of wisdom from Baltimore’s grunge folk rockers
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9116Dollboy - A Beard Of Bees - Former big beatster produces folktronica to enjoy privately in the bath at home. http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9128Julie Doiron - I Can Wonder What You Did With Your Day - Broken girl took a trip with Eric and now finds that home is where the heart is
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9118
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Monday, March 02, 2009
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ALBUMSWho Made Who - The Plot - For fans of electro, Probably the best thing to come out of Denmark since Carlsberghttp://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9073Ghosts On Pegasus Bridge - The Darkest Shore - Much ado about nothing from the south coast Epic core players
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9101Slashed Seat Affair – Noises - Eurovision fodder from Johnny Rotten’s cousin
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9105
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Saturday, February 21, 2009
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New Rhodes - Everybody Loves A Scene - Anthemic and derivative indie rock. They make a big fuss but say little. http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9041
The Fray - The Fray - Network drama-tastic; more faux melancholia for the OC Generation
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9043
Matt Emery - Elysian Fields - Atmospheric mood piece like Sigor Ros scoring The Piano
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9051Novillero - A Little Tradition - Winnipeg’s answer to The Small Faces
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9055Elusive Parallelograms - And Everything Changes - Think Brian Jonestown Massacre jamming with Dinosaur Junior, then think again
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9031
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Thursday, February 12, 2009
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Bruce Springsteen - Working On A Dream - Some things hurt more much more than cars and girls. The Boss is back with more heartland rock.Do we care?
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9002Aidan Moffat & The Best Ofs - How To Get To Heaven From Scotland - More post folk musings from the boy with the arab strap
http://www.subba-cultcha. om/article_album.php?id=9006The New Standards - Rock And Roll - Hey Ya, jazzy pub singers cover the old standards surprisingly well. http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=9028WHO WE INTERVIEWED LAST YEAR: http://www.subba-cultcha.com/top-features.phpSUBBA’S END OF THE YEAR POLL – ALSO HAVE YOUR OWN SAY:http://www.subba-cultcha.com/top-subba.php
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Monday, February 02, 2009
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FILM/DVD REVIEWS
Unforgiven - Compelling three-part drama about life after prison starring ex corrie actress
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_dvd.php?id=5465The Accidental Husband - The Love Doctor gets payback.An average rom-com made enjoyable by a heavyweight cast
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_dvd.php?id=5469ALBUM/EP REVIEWS
J Tillman - Vacilando Territory Blues - Poignant prose and sparse acoustics from Fleet Foxes sticksman
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=8972Wave Machines - Wave Machines EP - A little sampler of what is to come from Liverpool’s new darlings.They wear masks and play in churches you know!
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=8974The Bird and The Bee - Ray Guns Are Just The Future - LA Duo produce sweet dream pop with a drum machine and electric piano. It’s like an indie musical.
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=8976Andrew Bird - Noble Beast - Fourteen pieces of mercurial instrumentalism from a mate of Lambchop and Wilco
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=8979Dropkick – Patchwork - Scots premier alt country balladeers return to their roots
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=8987Candi Staton - Who’s Hurting Now - Let young hearts run free, the Southern soul diva is back
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=8981Circlesquare - Songs about dancing and drugs - Dull distorted dubs from Berlin by way of Vancouver; the drugs would have to be good!
http://www.subba-cultcha.com/article_album.php?id=8997
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